Cloth holder



March ll, 1930.

A. DEINSTEIN CLOTH HOLDER Filed NOV. 24, 1928 Patented Mar. 11, 193@ UNITE@ STATES LSGAGB PATENT OFFICE ABRAHAM DEINSTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CLOTH HOLDER In tailoring establishments, considerable difficulty is encountered by the cutters in arranging layers of material in a stack upon the cutters table to facilitate cutting of a plurality of patterns simultaneously. The

method at present in use consists of applying weights at one end of a material and rolling the same out to the required length where the material is cut and a weight placed there- "'19 on7 after which the roll of material is carried back over the cut strip of material and the weights lifted to permit the second layer to be putin place. This operation is repeated until the required number of layers of mal terial has been cut to permit patterns to be `i e patterns to be placed thereon so that a plurality of cloth patterns may be simultaneously cut from the stack of material.

It is an object of this invention to provide o an improved cloth holder adapted for use Q on cutters tables, said device comprising a pair of pin carrying transverse frames, one of which may be adjusted longitudinally along the cutters table to be spaced a predetermined distance from the other frame so that a plurality of equal lengths of a material may be conveniently out and be engaged on the pins of the frames to facilitate cutting out of a plurality of patterns from the goods.

It is also an object of this invention to u provide an improved cloth holder for use in tailoring establishments and the like. said cloth holder consisting of graduated frames provided with adjustable pins and furthermore having means for removably clamping the frames on the cutters table at predetermined distances from one another to permit layers of a material onf a standard length to be conveniently cut and engaged on the pins o of the frame to facilitate cutting of a plurality of patterns.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an improved cloth holder adapted to be adjustably engaged on a cutterls table and having a combination cloth pusher and guard which is adapted to be removably engaged on pins on the cloth holder to prevent the cloth from becoming engaged on the pins and torn during the process of measuring od a plurality of required lengths of the material.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide an improved cloth holder adapted for use on a cutters table and having clamping means adapted to be removably clamped on the table to hold a graduated grooved frame transversely of the table and carrying a plurality of cloth receiving pins which may be readily adjusted longitudinally of the grooved frame without necessitating the removal of the frame from the clamped position on the cutters table.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cloth holder consisting of a pair of adjustable frames carrying adjustable pins permitting one of the frames to be rigidly secured on one end of the cutters table, while 'the other frame may be adjusted longitudinally of the table to separate said frames an amount depending upon tie length of the material to be cut.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a cloth holder for use in tailoring establishments, said cloth holder adapted to be used on a cutters table or the like, and comprisesa pair of frameworks carrying improved adjustable pins, the points of which are adapted to be capped or covered by means of a grooved guard which forms the handle of a cloth smoothing device which is used in smoothing out required lengths of material.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the drawings.

The invention (in a preferred `form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary top plan view of a cutters table having mounted thereon a cloth holding device embodying the principles of this invention and illustrating in dotted lines an adjusted position for one of the cloth holder frames.

Figure :2 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 11--11 of Figure 1 with parts in elevation.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical detailed section through one of the pins taken on line lll-111 of Figure 2 and illustrating the cloth pusher guard engaged on the upper end of a pin.

Figure is an enlarged top plan view ot one ot the pin units taken on line IV-1V of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view ot the cloth smoothing device, the handle of which is grooved to serve as a guard to be engaged over a ron7 of pins.

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The reference numeral 1 indicates a tailors cutting table upon which a pair ot the improved cloth holders embodying the principles ol' this invention are adapted to be removably clamped.

Each of the cloth holders comprises a framework consisting of a pair ot oppositely positioned end or clamping blocks 2 which are rigidly connected by means ot a pair of pa'allel cross bars or sills 3, the upper surface-s oi" which are graduated to aii'ord measuring scales at -l. The inner edge or side ot' each of the crossbars 3 is provided with an upper groove 5 and a lowei groove (i, thus 'forming longitudinallyv disposed web or flange 7 on the inner side of each of said crossbars. The two lower grooves 6 ot' a pair of crossbars torni a lower guide groove, while the upper grooves 5 atlord an upper guide groove which is connected with the lower guide groove by means o'l'I a passage or slot formed between the two webs or flanges i'. By referring to Figure 3, it will be noted that the grooves between the crossbar meinbers 3 alord an -guide groove which is open at both ends to permit retaining pin units to be mounted in position.

Each of the retaining pin units comprises a rectangular oblong-shaped metal base plate S having integrallyT formed on the upper surface of the middle tliereoiI a threaded bolt or shank 9, the upper end of which is adapted to lie flush with the top surfaces ot the crossbars 3 when the pin unit is engaged in position. integrally termed on the top ot the screwbolt or shank S) is an axially positioned pin 10. Rotatably engaged on the threaded bolt 9 is a nut 11. YWhen a pin unitis slidably engaged in the framework between the pair of crosshars 3, the rectalgular base 8 oi" the pin unit is adapted to be slidably engaged in the lower guide groove formed by the grooves (i, while the threaded bolt projects upwardly through the groove atliorded between the flanges 7. The clamping nut 11 engaged on the threaded bolt section 9 is adapted to be engaged in the upper groove aiiiorded by the grooves 5. By 'tightening the nut 11 a pin unit may be se :ured in position with respect to the scales marked oli on the upper surfaces of the crossbars 3. A plurality of the pin units may thus be slidai'ilj,T engaged between the crossbars 3 as illustrated in Figure 2 and said pins may be locked in predetermined spaced relation depending upon the grade of goods which is to be engaged thereon.

Each of the claniping blocks 2 of the cloth holder is provided with a passage or opening to removably receive a clamping bolt 12 hav-- ing integrally formed on the lower end thereo1 a clamping finger or shoe 1?, which is adapted. to be turned and engaged beneath the lower edge or tace of the cutters table 1 as illust ated in Figure 2. Engaged' on the upper projecting end ot the clamping bolt 12 is a washer 14 and a wing nut 15 to permit the clamping shoe to be tightly clamped against the bottom ot' the table to hold one end of the cloth holder clamped tightly in place. integrally formed on one of the clamping shoes l?) is a handle 6 to permit the clamping` bolt on which it is engaged to be readily clamped in position and removal from clamping engagement with a cutters table 1.

One of the cloth holders is adapted to be engaged t lansversely across one end of thc cutters table 1 as illustrated in Figure 1 in the position A, after which the wing nuts 15 are tightened with the shoes 13 clamped beneath the table 1 so that the cloth holder is rigidly held in position. The pin units ma),1 be adjusted in proper spaced relation and may then be tightened in their set positions by tightening the nuts 11 so that the pin units are clamped on the flanges i' of the crossbars 3. A second cloth holder is now engaged across the cutters table 1 in the position B and said second cloth holder may then be slidably moved longitudinally on the cuiter`s table 1 into an adjusted position C a predetermined distance from the cloth holder in position A. rlfhe second cloth holder in position C may now be clamped in its position so that the distance between the pins on the cloth holder A and the pins on cioth holder C are spaced a. predetermined distance so that selected lengths ot material may be properly and conveniently cut and. engaged on the pins in superimposed relation as illustrated in Figure It is intended to leave one of the cloth holder units in clamping position A while the second cloth holder may be slidably moved along the cutters table 1 into a desired position. Alfter a pair of the cloth holders have been properly engaged in position upon the eutters table, one transverse edge of a piece of material 'from a bolt of goods is engaged over the pins in the cloth holder A with the end pins so positioned that they may project upwardly through the selvage along the longitudinal edges of the material. The bolt f material is then rolled over the table 1 and when it reaches the second cloth holder in position C, the bolt is lifted upwardly over the cloth holder and over the grooved handle 17 forming a part of a cloth smoothing device and guard consisting of the handle 17 and a crosshead 18 secured at one end thereof. The cloth smoothing device or pusher is in the form of a T-square with the handle 17 provided with a longitudinal groove 19 to permit the handle to be engaged over the points of the row of pins on the cloth holder C. The handle 17 thus affords a guard to prevent the material, when it is lifted over the cloth holder C, from being caught on the upper pointed ends of the pins. After the `dbolt of material has been engaged over the top of the guard handle 17, the material is ripped across or cut thereby separating a measured length of the material from the bolt. The second transverse edge of the material is then engaged on the pins of the cloth holder C after the guard handle 17 has been removed from the pins. After a strip of material of a predetermined length has been measured ofi' and cut as described, the guard handle 17 is again placed over the pins of the cloth holder in position C, and the bolt is again carried to the cloth holder in position A and the operation is repeated until a required number of lengths of the material are engaged on the cloth holder pins in super-imposed relation.

The measured lengths of material or cloth 2O are held in stretched even relation on the pins of the two cloth holders in positions A and C, with the stack of material resting upon the erossbars 3 of the cloth holders, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3.

Each strip of material as it is engaged on the cloth holders is properly smoothed out or evened up by the use of the T-shaped pusher device 17 18, so that the various layers of the material lie flatly, one upon the other, to permit the paper patterns to be .positioned in proper relation upon the uppermost strip of the material to permit a cutter to cut out a plurality of patterns of the cloth simultaneously.

It will thus be noted that an improved cloth holding and measuring device is provided for use in tailoring establishments whereby it is only necessary to adjust one of the cloth holders longitudinally of the cutters table 1 when it is desired to change the lengths of the strips of the material which are to be cut. The improved cloth holders having the adjustable lar or sag in the middle, thereby producing irregularities inthe strips of material which are eventually cut.

The adj ustability of the pins in each of the cloth holders permits materials of dierent widths to be conveniently cut into strips and held in superimposed relation ready to have patterns placed thereon and a plurality of patterns of goods cut simultaneously from the stack.

It will be apparent that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, hence it is therefore not purposed limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cloth holder comprising a grooved frame, clamping means for engaging the same transversely of a cutters table, a row of pins slidably engaged in the groove of the frame, and means for clamping the pins in set positions of adjustment.

2. A cloth holder comprising a pair of end blocks, grooved erossbars connecting the same, clamping members engaged in the end blocks, a plurality of pin units movably engaged between the grooved erossbars, and means on said pin units for locking the same in predetermined positions.

3. A cloth holder comprising a pair of end blocks, grooved erossbars rigidly connecting said blocks with the erossbars spaced from one another in parallel relation, clamping members engaged through the end blocks to permit the cloth holder to be removably engaged on a cutters table, a plurality of pin units slidably engaged between the grooved erossbars, means for locking said pin units in adjusted position with respect to the crossbars, andv a guard adapted to be removably engaged over the pointed ends of the row of ins.

4. A cloth holder comprising a. pair of end blocks, clamping members engaged thereon, grooved erossbars connecting said end blocks and affording a guide passage between the erossbars, bolt members slidably engaged in the guide groove in engagement with said erossbars, pins forming a part of said bolt members, and a guard member adapted to be removably engaged on the pointed ends of said pins.

5. A cloth holder comprising a grooved frame, means for clamping the same transversely on a eutters table, and a plurality of pins adjustably engaged in the groove of said frame.

6. A cloth holder comprising a grooved frame, clamping members engaged on the ends of the frame to permit the same to be conveniently clamped upon a cutters table, a handle on one of said clamping members to facilitate operation thereof7 a plurality r of pins slidably engaged in the groove of said frame, and means for independently adjusting and locking the pins in set positions of adjustment with respect to the frame.

7. A cloth holding device comprising a trame, means for clamping the same on a cutters table, a plurality of pins slidably engaged on said frame, means for holding the pins locked in spaced relation with respect to one another, and a guard for covering the pointed ends of all of said pins.

8. The combination With a cutters table of a pair of cloth holders removably engaged transversely thereof, a plurality of pins adjustably engaged in spaced relation on each of the cloth holders, and a guard member adapted to be engaged to cover the pointed ends of the pins on either of the cloth holders.

9. The combination, With a cut-ters table, of a pair of cloth holders transversely engaged thereon, means for clamping the cloth holders in spaced relation on said cutters table, a plurality of pins slidably engaged in each of the cloth holders, means for locking the pins in position independently of one another, and a device adapted to be removably engaged on the pins of one of said holders to afford a guard to obviate tearing of material as it is engaged on the pins of said holders.

l0. A cloth holder comprising a grooved frame, means for clamping the frame in position on a eutters table, and a plurality of pin units slidably engaged in the grooved frame with each of said pin units comprising a base, a threaded bolt integrally formed thereon, a pin integrally formed on the threaded bolt, and a locking member adj ustably threaded on the bolt to clamp the pin unit in a set position of adjustment with respect to the frame.

l1. A cloth holding` device comprising a grooved frame, a plurality of pins slidably engaged in the groove of said frame, and means on each of said pins for removably clamping the same in a set position of adjustment with respect to the trame.

l2. A cloth holder comprising a frame having a guide groove therein7 a plurality of threaded bolt members slidably engaged in said groove, pins integrally formed on said bolt members and projecting upwardly from said frame, and nuts engaged on said bolt members to clamp the pin units in position on said frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook County,

Illinois.

ABRAHAM DEINSTEIN. 

